Shelly and Cam continue to explore the ‘your context matters’ theme by looking at how modalities can inform an individual’s lived experience. Processing modalities, sometimes referred to as learning styles, are preferences we exhibit, often associated with physical senses like visual, auditory and verbal or additional areas like intuition and emotion. Much has been written about modalities including Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Recently, advances in brain imaging have called into question many of the claims of these ideas, but it is still thought that people have preferences in how they build knowledge and process information.

The hosts have witnessed countless examples where clients demonstrate a preference for processing information, be it verbal processing or through some kinesthetic process (movement). Shelly and Cam introduce listeners to processing modalities through a client example regarding time management and how we can miss a preference strength area because of the ease of access. The hosts invite listeners to be curious about modalities at work.

Episode links + resources:

There are a number of modality resources available. For coaches and organizers we recommend a workbook by organizer coach Denslow Brown MCC, Processing Modalities:
https://coachapproach.square.site/product/processing-modalities-guide-with-shipping-/1

For the general public we suggest the free Kairos Cognition Survey:
https://www.kairoscognition.com/

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ADHD and Your Lived Experience: Processing Modalities